https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf WWII en-us 2018-05-16 00:20:44 UTC 2018-05-16 01:04:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png 2204581 https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261047312 How did WWII change American citizen's way of life?]]> 2018-05-16 00:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261047312 2204581 https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261047663 The U.S. tried to stay neutral, but when German U-boats sank the Lusitania, they supported Britain more. What made the U.S. join WWI and not like Germany was the Zimmerman telegram that they tried to send to Mexico to attack us. They got involved in WWII because Japan bombed us at Pearl Harbor since we stopped giving them oil. December 7, 1941 is when the U.S. finally joined WWII. ]]> 2018-05-16 00:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261047663 2204581 https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261048999 America's involvement in WWII had a good impact on the economy and the workforce of the U.S. American factories were revised to produce goods to support the war effort. Almost overnight the unemployment rate dropped to around 10%. The U.S. spent around $350 billion during WWII. About 40% of that came from taxes, and the rest came from borrowing.]]> 2018-05-16 00:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261048999 2204581 https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261050085 Our army population had dropped. Pearl Harbor had gotten blown up and was a surprise battle on America. It killed more than 2400 Americans, and damaged/destroyed eight navy battleships and 100 war planes.]]> 2018-05-16 00:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261050085 2204581 https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261051077 FDR built powerful wartime coalition with Britain and the Soviet Union, and led the nation to victory against Nazi Germany. His wartime efforts prepared the path of success for Harry Truman to win against Japan. He was elected to the presidency four times, serving from March 1933 until his death in office April 1945. FDR made sure we had stayed neutral until Japan had attacked. We supported the British throughout it all and the Allies too.]]> 2018-05-16 00:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261051077 2204581 https://padlet.com/2204581/woxaqohu2fkf/wish/261052252 https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/.../impact-of-world-war-ii-on-the-economy-and-work...

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/10/world-war-ii-after-the-war/100180/

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ap-us-history/period-7/apush-us-wwii/a/fdr-and-world-war-ii

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